Orbits only depend on mass, not density. So assuming the actual mass of the Sun doesn't change when it goes supernova then our orbit won't change.
Likewise, if the Sun were replaced tomorrow with a black hole with the same mass, it would be the size of a small town but none of the planets' orbits would change. Although we would freeze to death.
So not only is this a worthless gold rush that only helps the early adopters (not helped with marketing terms such as "mining" rather than "number crunching"), but it's actively harming the planet.
And humanity. How many trillion CPU/GPU cycles have been diverted from actually worthwhile projects like folding@home as a result of this crypto frenzy?
So... you would rather they released code under a licence that lets licensees deny the same freedoms bestowed upon them when they release a work that uses it?
Why would you want that? More to the point, why would you expect Microsoft to do something like that?
Increasing the Earth's albido slightly will at least reduce the net solar irradiation reaching the surface. And hopefully buy us some time to scrub the excessive CO2 from the atmosphere before the oceans acidify.
My solution was to use satellites, but cloud brightening might be easier.
Too many economies have built themselves around oil dependence or other processes that release massive CO2, and will be openly hostile to change. These countries would sooner go to war with the rest of the world than stop polluting. They just don't care about the future.
Therefore on the short time scale we have been given, we can't realistically change the CO2 output, but we might be able to increase the rate of CO2 input through atmospheric scrubbers like what Sweden is doing. One day. In the meantime, there's something we can do in the next five years:
Change the solar input.
Until we have a reliable and scalable solution to remove CO2 from the air we're going to need a big umbrella.
One large satellite or, more realistically, a network of smaller satellites with solar umbrellas placed around the equator or at the poles, large enough to attenuate the solar irradiation to the Earth. Significant reductions in surface temperature could be achieved with just a bit of blocking without giving a noticeable drop in light levels.
Yes, perhaps I should have said use modern technology where it makes sense to. Would that have made it more clear for you?
Wind power may have been invented centuries ago, but it has only in the past few decades been used to generate electricity on a large scale. It's getting increasingly difficult for Americans to build anything like a wind farm or hydro dam, because they keep listening to the selfish NIMBY's, thus ensuring the idiotic status quo. The correct course of action is to ignore and marginalise such opinions.
You crazy Americans need to get over your love affair with coal.
Dam your rivers. Build your nuclear plants. Supplement both with solar and wind arrays. Stop listening to your NIMBY's. Use modern technology for goodness sake.
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Another fun fact: A* is not a star.
I hate this language.
Pretty sure that's wrong.
Orbits only depend on mass, not density. So assuming the actual mass of the Sun doesn't change when it goes supernova then our orbit won't change.
Likewise, if the Sun were replaced tomorrow with a black hole with the same mass, it would be the size of a small town but none of the planets' orbits would change. Although we would freeze to death.
True. Still, Betelgeuse might explode in our lifetimes, so there's that to look forward to.
So, we can just ask the person to divulge their sex and never mention gender and everything's cool, right?
I'm amazed Oracle makes that list. What does he contribute to Linux kernel?
So not only is this a worthless gold rush that only helps the early adopters (not helped with marketing terms such as "mining" rather than "number crunching"), but it's actively harming the planet.
And humanity. How many trillion CPU/GPU cycles have been diverted from actually worthwhile projects like folding@home as a result of this crypto frenzy?
Well it's presumably still a rectangular framebuffer, with some "pixels", virtual or otherwise, that just never get updated.
I'm struggling to tell if you're being sarcastic. These devices have *more* screen space than devices without this feature.
Perhaps they didn't use the best marketing term, by turning the focus to what is missing, rather what has been added.
I would have called it "spill".
Let's just assume that Microsoft will follow their overwhelming modus operandi and screw this up.
See you all over at gitlab?
Yes.
I said rapid chargers. J-1772 is trickle charging at best.
Funnily enough embedded YouTube videos in other webpages show a monkey with a cap and hammer.
Two.
There are two rapid charging standards.
Teslas use an adapter to connect to CHAdeMO chargers.
Every rapid charger I have seen provides cables for both standards.
So... you would rather they released code under a licence that lets licensees deny the same freedoms bestowed upon them when they release a work that uses it?
Why would you want that? More to the point, why would you expect Microsoft to do something like that?
That is all.
Plastic connectors.
Do your motherboards by any chance have the words, "Fisher Price" stamped on them somewhere?
Whoa, there buddy. Heading off into ga-ga land a little there, aren't we?
Can we keep bullshit fads out of this discussion?
Yes.
Increasing the Earth's albido slightly will at least reduce the net solar irradiation reaching the surface. And hopefully buy us some time to scrub the excessive CO2 from the atmosphere before the oceans acidify.
My solution was to use satellites, but cloud brightening might be easier.
This isn't going to work.
Too many economies have built themselves around oil dependence or other processes that release massive CO2, and will be openly hostile to change. These countries would sooner go to war with the rest of the world than stop polluting. They just don't care about the future.
Therefore on the short time scale we have been given, we can't realistically change the CO2 output, but we might be able to increase the rate of CO2 input through atmospheric scrubbers like what Sweden is doing. One day. In the meantime, there's something we can do in the next five years:
Change the solar input.
Until we have a reliable and scalable solution to remove CO2 from the air we're going to need a big umbrella.
One large satellite or, more realistically, a network of smaller satellites with solar umbrellas placed around the equator or at the poles, large enough to attenuate the solar irradiation to the Earth. Significant reductions in surface temperature could be achieved with just a bit of blocking without giving a noticeable drop in light levels.
"A day and a half".
Is this a part of the new "all day battery" catchphrase, as if it were some innovative new feature?
I'll stick with my four day Gear, thank you.
Just in time for Oracle to screw it all up and start charging for Java licences.
Yes, perhaps I should have said use modern technology where it makes sense to. Would that have made it more clear for you?
Wind power may have been invented centuries ago, but it has only in the past few decades been used to generate electricity on a large scale. It's getting increasingly difficult for Americans to build anything like a wind farm or hydro dam, because they keep listening to the selfish NIMBY's, thus ensuring the idiotic status quo. The correct course of action is to ignore and marginalise such opinions.
Unless they put it back into the atmosphere.
In which case it's worse than literally doing nothing.
You crazy Americans need to get over your love affair with coal.
Dam your rivers. Build your nuclear plants. Supplement both with solar and wind arrays. Stop listening to your NIMBY's. Use modern technology for goodness sake.
Yes, they are.
Now, define "they".